Day 1 Complete At Collegiate Nationals
Scott N. Atkinson October 22, 2009
Photo: Scott N. Atkinson
Wisconsin's Tyler Lorenz won the Division 2 men's jumping title.
The 31st Collegiate Water Ski National Championships got under way Thursday at Ironwood Ranch in Arvin, Calif., with four athletes winning national titles in respective events.
Hosted by Cal Poly and sanctioned by USA Water Ski and the National Collegiate Water Ski Association, the competition includes 12 teams in Division 1 and 10 teams in Division 2. The tournament, which runs through Saturday, is being streamed live at www.ncwsa.com.
National team champions will be declared in both divisions. Individual medals for slalom, tricks and jumping will be awarded based on athletes' placements within their division. Overall titles will be awarded in each division to athletes competing in all three events.
The Division 1 field includes: Alabama, Florida Southern, Rollins, Purdue, Iowa State, Illinois, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisiana-Lafayette, Texas, Arizona State, Chico State and San Diego State.
The Division 2 field includes: Clemson, Georgia, Cincinnati, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kansas, Texas A&M, Texas State, Cal Poly and Western Washington.
On Thursday, Florida Southern’s Clementine Lucine won Division 1 women's slalom, scoring 4 buoys at 38 feet off, while Louisiana-Monroe's Martin Bartalsky won men's slalom, scoring 2 buoys at 39-1/2 feet off. In Division 2, Jennifer Waits of Cal Poly won women's jumping with an 89-foot effort, while Wisconsin's Tyler Lorenz won men's jumping, soaring 152 feet.
Competition continues Friday at 7:30 (PDT) with Division 1 women's jumping and men's tricks, and Division 2 men's and women's slalom.
Louisiana-Monroe is the three-time defending Division 1 national champion. Cincinnati is the defending Division 2 champion.
The National Collegiate Water Ski Association, a sport division of USA Water Ski, is comprised of more than 90 collegiate water ski teams from four regions. Intercollegiate water ski competition began under the NCWSA in 1979.
For more information and results, visit www.ncwsa.com.
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